Constellations
Great Square of Pegasus
In Pegasus and Andromeda
Also known as square of pegasus.
6 looks for Great Square of Pegasus
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Great Square of Pegasus
- What it is
- A star pattern: Four stars marking the body of the Winged Horse
- Family
- Famous star patterns
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in October
- Centre
- Right ascension 23h 38m, declination +22° 06′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 4 lines
- Brightest star
- Alpheratz, magnitude 2.06
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Alpheratz (α And)mag 2.06
- Scheat (β Peg)mag 2.42
- Markab (α Peg)mag 2.49
- Algenib (γ Peg)mag 2.83
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation